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'''A. C. Guards''' is a locality in the city of [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]. The name A.C Guards stands for the '''African Cavalry Guards''' of [[Hyderabad State]] who were stationed there since the time of 6th [[Nizam]] [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]].

The barracks are believed be to have been constructed more than 100 years ago and the quarters of A.C Guards were allocated to the African ([[Siddi]]) soldiers of the Nizam's army. [[Masab Tank]], [[Khairtabad]] are areas adjacent to A.C. Guards.

In the 19th century, the 6th Nizam, [[Mir Mahbub Ali Khan]], heard of Africans serving in the court of another Indian nobleman. Impressed by their qualities, he asked for a batch of Africans to be brought to Hyderabad. A group of around 300 young men soon followed; most accounts indicate they came voluntarily.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hyderabad's African old guard |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3116817.stm}}</ref> It is said that when it came to safeguarding his family, the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|7th Nizam]] had absolute trust in these bodyguards.<ref>{{cite book|title=An African Indian Community in Hyderabad|year=2004|publisher=Göttingen: Cuvillier|isbn=3-86537-206-6|url=http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/publications/books/054.html|author=Ababu Minda Yimene|access-date=24 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928015302/http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/publications/books/054.html|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Sports==
* A.C. Guards Hockey Club<ref>{{cite news|title=AC Guards wins|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ac-guards-wins/article1251401.ece|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
* Bhistiwada Youth Sports Club<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 Jr. Men's AsiaCup|url=http://www.stick2hockey.com/Article/Where-is-crowd,-and-who-is-reponsible-for-that/1103.html|publisher=stick2hockey|access-date=24 September 2013|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018214746/http://www.stick2hockey.com/Article/Where-is-crowd,-and-who-is-reponsible-for-that/1103.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3116817.stm Hyderabad's African old guard]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sw2F-UhSM&ab_channel=Abby Video of Soldiers of NIZAMS of HYDERABAD]
*[https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/AC+Guards,+Lakdikapul,+Hyderabad,+Telangana+500457/@17.3977972,78.4548804,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3bcb9769677b75d5:0xf9b2bcedb2ed9096!8m2!3d17.3979368!4d78.4574329 Location on Google Maps]
*[https://goo.gl/maps/d47dsoN5SgJQcEYe6]

{{Neighbourhoods of Hyderabad}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Hyderabad State Forces]]
[[Category:Siddhi people]]

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